Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wood River, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Wood River — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Wood River in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 08:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Wood River
The readers mapped around Wood River break down as 2 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- West Ferguson Avenue — 2 readers
- East Edwardsville Road — 1 reader
Wood River in the Madison County picture
Madison County has 95 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #858 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 264,631 residents and 2,309 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
Camera activity around Wood River, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Wood River. Latest change logged Sep 3, 2026.
What’s watching Wood River
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Wood River — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Wood River (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Wood River
What you can do in Wood River
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Wood River
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).